(22 Apr 1997) T/I: 11:06:11
Prime Minister Alain Juppe launched his re-election manifesto Tuesday (22/4) as French across the political spectrum prepared to join battle for what will be a short but fiercely-fought campaign dominated by Europe.
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PARIS, FRANCE, 22/4
Ext French Prime Minister's residence Matignon;
arrival Edouard Balladour, former prime minister;
cutaway cameraman;
SOT, Balladour (in french),: "I hope that the actual mandate of the Conservative coalition will continue - they have done good work for four years and I hope it can continue. We are here to give the people a voice - and on this issue I share the opinion of Monsieur Jospin who said it is not a question of looking behind us but looking ahead and I hope that we will look forward and continue the reforms which were begun four years ago";
Interior lunch meeting with centre-right coalition;
cu Prime Minister Alain Juppe;
pan luncheon table;
cu old man pan to juppe;
pan along table;
Ext Palais du Congres conference centre;
interior Juppe on stage;
stand for Marseilleise anthem;
singing anthem;
pan members of party on stage singing;
cu Juppe;
SOT Juppe (in French),: "Dear friends and MPs - the president has declared an election on 25 May. Its time for us to give the people a say, that's why we are going to commit ourselves to winning and we are going to put ourselves in the hands of the French people";
Interior trading office of Dresdner Bank;
cu computers;
trader anxious looking;
computer graphic;
SOT, Marie Owens Thomsen, economist at Dresdner Bank, set up shot interivew; " if the elections have been held in 1998 as previously planned the budget that they would present for 1998 would have been a loose budget but now that we get the elections get out of the way early I think possiblilities that the 1998 budget would be rather stricter are much greater and that is very positive not only for the french markets but for EMU,Europe and the whole convertion process as a whole";
ca trading room.
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